Union Tournament Scores Big for Charity

The fourth annual CEP Manitoba Spina Bifida Charity Golf Tournament held on September 10 raised $10,986.37 to help support families living with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus. Union members, management and a few lawyers participated in the event on a beautiful day at Lasalle's Kingswood Golf and Country Club. A total of 80 golfers enjoyed the warm fall weather and helped raise money through registration fees, prize holes and sponsorship of holes.

The winning team in the CEP Golf Tournament was from CEP 681 and included (from left in photo) Chris McLean, Rick Stoneman, Wayne Ostrowski and Scott Windsor. They're shown here receiving the tournament trophy from Andrea Salmon, Executive Director of Spina Bifida.

CEP Local 7 member Cheryl Sarvis who works at the Trizec location of MTS was also definitely a 'star' at the event, scoring a hole in one. She received a leather gym bag in recognition of her awesome accomplishment. Congratulations Cheryl!

Wendy Sol (left)and Art Crane present Andrea Salmon of Spina Bifida with a cheque for $10,986.37. Wendy is the Western Region Administrative Vice President for CEP and a Board Member on the Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Canada. Art is the President of Local 341 and Past President of the Manitoba Area Council, the sponsors of the tournament. Art was very involved in the organizing of the tournament.

After all was said and done, the real winners in the golf tournament were families living with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus. Spina Bifida is the number one birth defect in Canada. Spina Bifida is where the spine does not form completely and often leads to hydrocephalus, where the normal cerebral spinal fluid draining patterns in and around the brain and spinal cord are interrupted.

CEP and Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Canada (SBHAC) thanks everyone who supported and participated in the tournament, including CEP Locals, companies and law firms who sponsored holes and offered prizes to the golfers. Thanks also to the staff at Kingswood who made the day enjoyable and successful. CEP and SBHAC invite everyone to return to next year's tournament to help make the event an even greater success.